Melissa Hippo - 2008 Softball - LIU Post
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#11 Melissa Hippo
Position: Catcher
Height: 5-6
Class: Junior
Hometown: Granite Bay, Calif.
Previous School: Granite Bay
Career Statistics (through 2007 season)
2007: NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Region First Team…Daktronics All-Northeast Region Tirst Team…All-East Coast Conference Tirst Team… NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament team selection… made the switch to first base after spending the 2006 season at designated player…made only four errors the entire season, for a team best .988 fielding percentage…second on the team with a .387 batting average…rapped seven home runs and 14 doubles with 37 RBI…hit .383 with runners in scoring position and ranked second on the team with 20 RBI with two outs…went 3-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored against Southwest Minnesota State (March 15)…went 4-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against Queens (April 26)…went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Angelo State in the Division II College World Series (May 17).
2006: All-NYCAC Third Team… batted .310 with 28 RBI as a freshman… registered a 4-for-4 day with two runs scored and an RBI in the opening round of the NYCAC Tournament against Dowling (May 5)… went 2-for-4 in both regular-season contests against the Golden Lions (Apr. 24), including three RBI in game one… went 3-for-3 with the first home run of her college career against New Haven (Apr. 12).
Prior to C.W. Post: Played for three years at Granite Bay under head coach Kim Gonzales... the Grizzlies won two San Joaquin Conference titles during Hippo's time at the school... her older sister, Jennifer, was a pitcher at Penn State... is the youngest of Bill Hippo's two children.
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